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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, NOV. 27, 1929 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By man. pet year on advance) KL80 _ Carrier, per year (tnadfaaae) IMP LATENEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per pound ............ lie Cotton Seed _......... tic A Fair Thanksgiving. Today’* North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Colder Thursday and Thursday night. China Wants End. An Associated Press dispatch this morning says: “Her armed forces in western Manchuria scattered in panic before Invading Russian troops, China has appealed both to the league of nations and the gov ernments which signed the Kel logg anti-war pact to halt and pun ish the invaders. Simultaneously China apparently was trying to come to terms with the Kuominchun “people’s army” leaders, who for several weeks have led their troops in several provinces in revolt against the nationalist government.” Thanksgiving Halts Business Here For Day Local Business Will Be At Stand still Here Tomorrow. Two Church Services. Shelby seems all set for a quiet Thanksgiving tomorrow. All local business houses will be closed for the entire day and with citizens at their homes in reunion circles, away for football games or on visits the streets will likely be even more deserted than on Sun day. Church Services. No observance program other than a couple of early morning church services is outlined for the day locally, with no event et all scheduled for the afternoon. At 8 in the morning a special. Thanks giving service will be held* at the Central Methodist church, and two hours later, at 10 o’clock, another service will be held at the Presby terian church. Football games will draw many local people for the day. Several will go to Chapel Hill for the Caro tna-Virginia game by auto and by special train from Kings Mountain, while others will in the afternoon witness the Duke-Davldson game at Davidson, the Lenolr-Rhyne-Elon game at Hickory, or the Gaffney Greenville high school tussle in South Carolina. Hunters Beady. If the weather is favorable, rab bits and birds 4n the county will have very little to be thankful for during the day as county hunters will go in larger numbers than at any other time this year. The bird and .rabbit season has been on only a week and the majority of hunters have been holding back to make their season’s start on Thanksgiv ing. One of the major methods of ob serving the day will be well taken care of here as groceries and butcher shops report record sales of turkeys and other delectables for the day. New Baptist Pastor For Kings Mountain Brevard, Nov. 28.—The Rev. Wal lace H. Hartsell, pastor of the Bre vard Baptist church for the past seven and one-half years, has * re signed his pastorate here to accept the call to the First Baptist church at Kings Mountain. This call was rejected six weeks ago, but the Kings Mountain people renewed their invitation by telegraph, tele phone and personal visits by mem bers of the official board. Mr. Hartsell takes an active part in all community affairs, especially in Associated Charities, the Red Cross work, Masonic lodge circles and other fraternal groups. He is vice president of the Brevard Kl wanis club, and was elected last week as president of the club to serve during 1830. Rev. Mr. Hartsell will begin his work in Kings Mountain on the First Sunday in January. 23 more days folks— In Which to Do Your Christmas Shopping. That’s a mighty short time with all the gifts and presents yon plan to buy—And if you wait too long the array will be picked over many times before yon pick. SHELBY MERCHANTS Have a magnificent assem blage of Christmas gifts this year—both necessities and luxuries, everything you could want. In The Star today lo cal business men use 19 ;.ages to tell what they have. SHOP EARLY— Special Civil Court Term Opens Monday will Hold Special Term Despite Settlement Of Building Crash Suits. The special term of superior court for the trial of civil matters ./ill convene here Monday despite the fact that the seven or eight big suits resulting from the disastrous building crash here last year have all been practically adjusted, it vas announced today by local barris ters. The crash suits, venterlng about seven deaths in the catastrcphe, would have formed the major por tion of the calendar, but many other civil actions and suits are to be disposed of and the court will hold for a week anyway. No Announcement. Lawyers employed In the adjust ment of the crash suits stated .oday that a settlement was agreed upon in nearly every case, but for legal reasons, and to observe the techni calities of the law, the terms where by the adjustments were made will not be made public until the judg ments are signed in court here early Monday. Judge Thomas L. Johnson, of Lumberton, campaign leader for Governor Gardner, will preside over the term which faces a calendar made up of minor suits and divorce cases. The civil calendar has necome congested through several court terms unable to clear up the entire calendar, and at the last term of superior court here Judge W. F. Harding liad to devote the full two weeks, with the exception of a cou ple divorce grants, to the disposal of criminal cases. It is not likely, now that the crash suite are seemingly out of the way, that the special term will hold more than one week. Lucas With Pilot Insurance Company Having completed a special trail ing course as a life underwriter, Mr. J. W. Lucas haa returned after spending a week at the home office plant of the Pilot Life Insurance company, Greensboro. The course was given under the direction of T.'D. Blair, agency manager, assisted by other home of fice officials. Six southern states were represented in this, the 38th training school held by the cem pany. Mr. Lucas will represent the Pilot through the C. R. Webb agency of this city. Physicians To Return . riday From Meeting Dr. and Mrs. Ben Gold, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Gold, and Drs. D. F. Moore and Dwight Bridges, some of the Cleveland county physicians at tending the medical meeting In Miami, are expected home Friday, according to information received here. Several in the party from this county Including the Gold families visited in Cuba while away. Colored Man Struck By Falling Elevator Prank Poston, colored man, was taken to the Shelby hospital Mon day afternoon to be treated for in juries received when he was struck by a falling elevator at the Cleve land Cloth mill. Poston, who had several ribs cracked and was D-uls ed up, was caught between the de scending elevator and the elevator gate. Star Editor Shows Improvement Today The hundreds of friends fn Shelby end over the county of Lee B. Weathers, president and editor of The Cleveland Star, will be glad to hear that last night and this morning his con dition has shown more improve ment than since he first became ill with influenza three weeks ago tomorrow. Mr. Weathers, suffering a prolonged attack, was moved to the hospital a week ago, and .t was stated there today that he had passed through hts best night and was very much im proved today. Mr. Pink King Better Today, Doctor States Mr. W. Pink King, who has been ■seriously ill at his home on Sumter street for more than a week, was considered to be better today by his Physician, the many friends of Mr. King will be pleased to hear. Yesterday and today it was stat ed that Mr. King was able to sit up in bed for short periods. * Fred Wagner Under An Operation Today Fred Wagner, well known Shelby contractor, was operated on for appendicitis just before noon today at the Shelby hospital. At 2 o’clock this afternoon it was stated that his condition was as good as could be expected so soon after the op eration. Wright Barbershop Is Sold To Patton Mr. Frazier Patton, well known as an expert barber in Shelby lor years, announced today that bo had purchased the Fred Wright barber shop, located under the Cleveland Bank and Trust company. The change of proprietorship was effective Monday. Mr. Patton, his friends say, has the qualifications to make a not able success of the enterprise, and he la being congratulated on his acquisition. Mr. Wright had con ducted the establishment, which he opened anew, about two years, and tiie shop has been successful. Rqv. C. A. Wood 111 • Friends Here Learn Friends of the Rev. C. A. Wood, former pastor in Shelby, will regret to learn that he is quite ill and in Florida undergoing special treat ment. Rev. Mr. Wood has many, many friends in Shelby, where he was pastor of the Central Method ist church. He is now superintend ent of the Children’s home at Win ston-Salem. License Issued. Marriage license were issued this week at the court house here to Ivy London and May White. Licences were issued to a couple of other couples who asked that their names be withheld until the day after Thanksgiving, as they plan to be married on the holiday. Miss Emily Camp, of Forest City, was a Shelby visitor Sunday after noon. Yo-Yo Artists May Use Only One Hand In Star Contest Saturday No Type Of Yo-Yo, However, Will Be Barred From Contest. Fancy Exhibition First. Entrants in The Star’s yo-: o contest at The Star building Saturday afternoon will be per mitted to use only one hand in manipulating their yo-yos for the endurance portion of the match- This has been decided by the judges who fear that - could the youths use both hands the contest might last all aft ernoon and into the night. Girls In. Another decision in regard to the contest is that girls as well as boys may enter, this uling coming after numerous calls were made to inquire why girls could not enter. The announce ment cominr late ax it does may keep many of the girls out, but they may enter along; with the boys and are eligible for the two cash prizes. Any kind of yo*yo may be en tered and no entrant will be barred because of a peculiar yo-yo provided it is a yo-yo. All entrants should bare strings on their yo-yos as in several endurance contests elsewhere winners were brought to a halt only when their strings wore out. The time 1:30 Saturday after noon at The Star office. No en trance fee with a cash prize tor the best fancy exhibition and another for the endurance win ner. File your name and ad dresses with the business ofi'ee of The Star. Vsserts Flaming Youth Same in Every Age Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, president of the New York Conference of social workers, convening in Albany, ha; stepped forward with a defense oi the youth of today. She denies tha: young people are any worse or an; better than their parents. International N*war««l Blanton Leader Of County Club For First Year County Club Organization ,n»ae Permanent At Enthusiastic Meet Here Last Night. With 35 to 40 interested citizens from all sections of the county present a Cleveland county club based upon the Rutherford county club plan now rapidly spreading, was permanently organized here, last night. county court house, and the tem porary officers of the organization were named permanent officers. They are Prof. Lawton Blanton, of Lattimore, president, and Mr. J. L. Herndon, of Grover, secretary. January Charter Night. Due to illness Mr. Blanton, the president, was unable to attend and for this reason it was decided to hold a big banquet and a curt tier bight in January of the approach ing year. At this time tho club hopes to have Governor Gardner, a booster of county clubs, for the chief speaker, and also hopes ic out line a farm schedule for the coun ty for the year. Mr. A. M. Hamrick, clerk of superior court; Prof. W. R. Gary, Fallston high school princi pal; and Prof. C. A. Ledford, Bel wood high school principal, com pose a committee which will ar range for the banquet and cnarter occasion. Speakers Heard. Several speakers, all favoring the county-wide club movement, were heard. These included Mr. O. C. Dixon, the first member to join the organization; Mr. R. E. Price, of Rutherfordton, club organizer; May or Wiley McGinnis of Kings Moun tain; Mr. John M. Gold, Mr. iV. R. Gary, Prof. J. D. Huggins, of Mooresboro; County Manager A. E. Cline; Mr. W. W. Washburn, for mer county commissioner; and Proi. C. A. Ledford. Barnett Winner In Ellenboro Contest Carl McKinney, Of Mooresboro Route One, Second In Com Estimating Contest. ' (Special to The Star.) Ellenboro—Mr. L. F. Barnett of Ellenboro won the first cash prize ■and Carl McKinley of Mooresboro, Route 1, won the second in the eom estimating contest recently held in conectlon with the field meeting of farmers at the Rutherford-Cleve land county line to study the yields obtained from the five plots which made up the com fertilizer demon stration, conducted by the. depart ment of agriculture of the Ellen boro school and the Chilean nitrate of soda educational bureau coop erating. The names of the winners of the six cash prizes follow in order: L. F. Barnett, $2.50;, Carl McKinney, $1.50; Graham Brooks, $1.00; Em mett Tessener, $1.00; C. B. Holt, $1.00 and Willie Campfield, fifty cents. Miss Dorothy Hunt and Miss Grace McGinley of Newark, N. J, are visiting Miss Lillian Rudesill. Cleveland Holds Lead In Cotton By Good Margin County Is 6,778 Bales Ahead Of Robeson, Closest Competitor. Western Counties Gain. North Carolina's rollon trow ing empire seems to be switch ing from the East to the West as for the second consecutive year, due to the boll weevil. Cleveland county Is strengthen ing Its lead OTer Robeson coun ty, in Eastern Carolina, for cot ton producing honors In North Carolina. When the last ginning report was issued, covering bales gin ned up to November 14, Cleve land county was leading Robe son by 6,778 bales, Cleveland having ginned 46,624 bales to Robeson,’s 33,846. Johnston county was third with 28,334 bales and Harnett was fourth with 26,142 bales. Only six counties in the state hah ginned more than 20,000 bales to November 14 and of the number Union county, which W also in the piedmont section was sixth. West Gaining. Practically all of the Eastern counties, with the exception ot Robeson, which shows a slight gain, are off In cotton production this year while counties in the western piedmont section show a gain. Catawba county with 9,438 bales is more than 2,000 bales ahead of last year; Gaston is four hundred bales ahead of last year; Lincoln with 13,247 bales is nearly J.OOJ bales ahead of last year, and Ruth erford with 12,881 bales is inert than one thousand bales ahead of last year. The six leading counties In the state with their production to Nov ember 14 this year and last fol low: County 1929 1928 Cleveland. 40,824 37,989 Robeson _ ..._ 33,846 33,284 Johnson . _... 28,334 31,770 flamett - 26,142 28,406 Sampson « __ 21,974 19,991 Union - M--_ 20,304 24,276 Twelve Homes Here To Be Sold at Auction Real Estate Firm To Put Dozen Shelby Homes On Block At Same Time. Novelty. A home auction sale Is the latest thing on the cards In Shelby real estate circles, the Carolina Land company, of Htckory, advertising to knock down twelve Shelby homes on the auction block next Monday morning. All of them are located In the city. It is the first time such a wholesale selling of dwelling has occurred here In many a moon. Added kick Is given the event by the announcement that twenty-five Christmas turkeys will be distribut ed to lucky ones in the crowd. The hour Is ten o’clock Monday next. Gail Hollifield Dead Near Rutberfordton Rutherlordton, Nov. 26.—Gall B. Hollifield, 56, died at his home near town yesterday afternoon, after a 10 days’ Illness, and was burled to day In the local cemetery. Funeral services were held at the home this morning with Rev. E. B. Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist church, in charge. He leaves his wife, four sons and four daughters. He was a deputy sheriff here for a number of years and was a well-known officer, and citizen. Pretty Girl And Ugly Man Contest A big stunt night and box sup per is to be held at the Poikviile school Friday night with the main features to be a pretty girl contest and an ugly man contest There will be other stunts, a cake-walk, a yo-yo contest, and no admission will be charged. To Attend Legion District Meeting Tom Abernethy commander of the Warren Hoyle post of the American Legion, along with other local leg ion officials plans* to attend the district legion meeting at Charlotte on Saturday night At this meeting the local post will receive it citation for a successful membership drive. Closed Thanksgiving. The S. A. L. and Southern freight offices will be closed for the day Thanksgiving it is announced and no freight deliveries will be made during the day. Mull Named Advisor To Governor Gardner; Will Succeed Townsend GOVERNOR'S NEW AOViSOK, OlllS M. Ml EE. (Star Photo! Thanksgiving Dates Back To Biblical Days-Canaanites First Tribe Believed To Have Staged Fir*t Oc casion. Tradition Dates Event Back to 1621. Pilgrims Started It In America. (W. S. Odin in Asheville Citizen ) When Thursday, the people of the United States draw around Millions of groaning boards for the chief event In their Thanksgiving Day observance they will be carrying on a custom almost as old as the hu man race itself. There exists, of course, the wide spread notion that Thanksgiving Is distinctively an Americaif holiday, founded by the Pilgrims, but this is only partly true. The fact is, the fundamental idea of the feast may be traced back through the ages to distant Biblical times. Concerning the Canaanltes, from whom the Children of Israel derived some of their practices, we find in the Book of Judges the following: "And they went out into the fields and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes and held fes ival, and went into the houses of their god, and did eat and drink." Act Of Worship. This vintage or harvest festival appeared later among the Hebrews as an act of worship to Jehovah and was called the Feast of Tabernacles. In Deuteronomy, Moses gave spe cific directions for its keeping, wliiie in Leviticus the command is "when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord.” Pagan Greece and Rome, too, had their thanksgiving season in honor of the harvest deities, nor was it unknown to the aborigines o' the New World. At Athens, in November, this feast, called Thesmophoria, was celebrated by married women on’y and two wealthy and distinguished members of the sex were chosen to prepare the sacred meal, which cor responded to the Thanksgiving din ner of today. The Romans on each October 4 worshipped Ceres, their (Continued on Page 16) Carpenter Nephew Dead In Charlotte Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Carpenter are in Charlotte today to attend the funeral of their nephew, Bobbie Cline, who died there yesterday. The youngster, who was 19 mouths of age, was the son of Mr. and Mrs T. H. Cline. Woodmen And W. C. Plan Big Evening The local W. O. W. and W. C. will give a measuring party and free dance Saturday night, Novem ber 30, in the Woodmen hall here. Music will be furnished by a well known string band, the pr jceeds will go to the order and the public j is cordially invited. Bailey Determined That Simmons Will Have Opposition In Party If Senator Enters Primary, lie Will Have Picked Opposition. He Says. Raleigh.—Josiah William Bailey has not changed in the slightest his position with reference to the sena torshlp from North Carolina, name ly, that Senator Simmons snould and will, undoubtedly, have opposi tion to the Democratic primary next June, if be is a candidate, and that the selection of a candidate should be a party matter, not one for any individual, he said here, headlines In one daily paper to the contrary notwithstanding. Headlines Mislead. The story regarding his possible candidacy in that paper states his position correctly, but the head lines are contradictory, he states, as in one place they assert that he will not be a candidate and in another that he is nearer announce ment that ever. Is Settled Fact. He re-aflirmed the quotation as signed to him in this correspond ence and appeared in several state papers Monday morning, that Sena tor Simmons will have opposition and the people of the state might as well accept that as settled. Mr. Bailey believes that the Democratic party will center on one of *hree men, Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, As sociate Justice W. J. Brogden, o himself, in due time, not by con ference but by a definite tr.nd which will be apparent. He inti mates that he will bide his time until such trend appears, regardless of which of the three men ihc trend points toward, and abide by the result. ' nrdner Appoints Friend Executive Counsellor To Him Shelby Man Succeeds Judge Teem send As Executive Coneeller. To Take Office Dee. U. Adding another link to the Damon - Phythlas friendship which has existed between them for many years, Governor O. Max Gardner yesterday Ml' nounced in Raleigh that be had appointed- Hon. Otias M. MuSL of Shelby, his executive coun sellor and advisor, to succeed Judge N, A. Townsend, who has held the post since it was creat ed by the last legislature but who tendered his resignation to Governor Gardner se that he might return to the practice of law. Yesterday Mr. MtiH in informing The Star that ha would accept ioHt tendered to him by his dose friend and fellow townsman added that he would not move his resid ence from Shelby. "Tlie nature of the work judging by the way Judge Townsend has been moving about will send ms all over the state, and although Ra leigh will be working headquarters I will maintain my heme here la Shelby.” Somrwtpt A Surprise. Tom Bost, Raleigh ebrrespond ent, tells In The Greensboro Raws of the resignation sad the Mull appointment as follows: • Judge N. A. Townsend, execu tive counsellor to Governor Gard ner. has resigned Ms office .to re turn December 15 to Dunn for the practice of his profession, and Rep resentative O. M. Mull, erf Cleveland county who is also state Democratic chairman, has been named by Gov ernor Gardner to succeed Judge Townsend. "The resignation of Judge Town send. in view of hie long deferred acceptance of the honor, was tan a •surprise than tin announcement that Mr. Mull ha« been chosen by Governor Gardner and had agreed to take an about the hardest peti tion that the state has. Mr. Mull had been unwilling to take on ,the chairmanship of the state prison board, which petition would have made him a magnifiedmanager of the prison plank Ho dined to be consider^ as man of the state highway commis sion. He had refused any and all honors that might hare gone to him. Governor Gardner succeeded in giving him the hardest assignment that anybody in North Carolina can take. That perhaps is exactly to the liking of Mr. MplL "The Shelby lawyer Is a sort Wt fanning and political partner of Governor Gardner. They have draw big things in agriculture, in the law, the gospel and in politics. They will work famously together in their new' organization. "Judge Townsend left the super ior court bench as special judge in the early summer to become coun sellor for his Old. college and foot ball mate. The Judge was very hesi tant about taking on the work which was ramified in undreamed direc (Continued on Page 16) Dr. F. H. Lackey Slightly Better Appears Brighter And Const lot* But Unable To Speak Any As Yet. The condition of Dr. F. H. Lackey, well known Fallston physician, who suffered a severe stroke of para’y sis last Saturday night, seemed to be somewhat improved, it was stat ed today at the Shelby hospital where he is a patient. This morning he seemed brighter and appeared to be conscious of what goes on about him, but cannot speak as yet. He was at his home just after making a call Saturday night when he suffered the stroke on his right side and became unconscious and speechless. < Charlotte Defeat* Shelby Team There In Duck Pin Match In Charlotte Monday night he Lucky Strike howling team defeated the Shelby team three straight games in a duck pin match. The Blue Ridge products team and the taxi-drivers stage another match st the alley here tonight.